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FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 359. 1878. 217 for rent of workshops in building number two hundred and fifteen, South Capitol street; for rent of fire proof rooms in building number two hun- Rentofbulldlng. dred and five, New Jersey avenue, south, for the safe keeping and preservation of finished weights, measures, balances, and metric standards; for fuel and lights, materials, transportation, traveling and other miscellaneous expenses; in all, five thousand dollars To meet treaty obligations arising from a convention for the estab- 1,,,,,,,;,,,,,;,,,,,,, lishment and maintenance of an International Bureau of Weights and Bureau of Weights Measures, signed by the representative of the United States on May =¤•l M¤¤¤¤_3¤¤- twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy five, and ratified May fifteenth, P‘”'· I" ‘°9· eighteen hundred seventy eight by the Senate, thirteen thousand one hundred and twenty four dollars, or so much thereof as may be found due from the United States, to cover their stipulated contribution to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Fuel, lights and water for public buildings: For fuel, light, water Fuel, ete., for and miscellaneous items required by the janitors and firemen in the buildings under proper care of the buildings furniture, and heating apparatus, such as TNT"'? D°P“'** brooms, mops, brushes, buckets, wheelbarrows, shovels, laws, hatchets m°° ‘ and hammers, for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars Furniture and repairs of furniture for public buildings: For furniture Furnil.ure,etc. and repairs of furniture, and carpets, for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department seventy-five thousand dollars. For furniture for six new buildings; fifty seven thousand dollars. Heating apparatus for public buildings: For heating ventilating and Heating, etc. hoisting apparatus and repairs of same, for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, seventy-five thousand dollars. Pay of custodians and janitors: For pay of custodians and janitors Custodianaete. for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, seventy-five thousand dollar . Vaults, safes and locks for public buildings: For vaults, safes and Vau1ts,safes, locks and repairs of same, for all public buildings under the control of °*°· the Treasury Department, forty thousand dollar . Plans for public buildings: For photographing, engraving, and print- Photographi n g, ing plans for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury °l>°· Department, one thousand dollars. Suppressing counterfeiting and fraud: For expenses of detecting and Punishiug eeunbringing to trial and punishment persons engaged in counterfeiting *·>¥f¤¤¤¤S- Treasury notes, bonds, national-bank notes, and other securities of the United States, as well as the coins of the United States, and other frauds on the government, one hundred thousand dollars. Compensation in lieu of moieties: For compensation in lieu of moie- Compensation in ties in certain cases under the customs-revenue laws, twenty five thou- li¤¤ of ¤¤<>l<g¤i¤¤· sand dollars. And hereafter the compensation of inspectors employed I"f’l’°"‘""" P“V· under the provisions of section twenty-seven hundred and thirtythree of the Revised Statutes, for service at night, shall not exceed two dol- R S 2,33 P 536 lars and fifty cents for each night when actually employed; and said A},,,},d,d_’' section is hereby so amended. For gas drop-lights and tubing, gas-burners, brackets and globes, Gas-nxtures, ew. candles, and lanterns and wicks, for the Treasury Department, for the sevice of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, one thousand five hundred dollars. To pay the bills of Charles Randolph, secretary of the Board of Trade, C- Rn¤<l<>lDl1· Chicago, Illinois, three hundred and fifty dollars; J. D. Hayes, Detroit, {,5% Michigan, three hundred dollars ; Milo Smith, Clinton,1owa, two hundred G_ U_ P,,m,,Z_ and fifty dollars; and George U. Porter, secretary of Baltimore Board of Trade, two hundred and fifty dollars, for services in furnishing statistics relating to the internal commerce of the country, being for the service of the ilscal year eighteen hundred and seventy seven. For two additional clerks of class four, one in the office of the First Additional clerks. Auditor and one in the office of the First Comptroller of the Treasury,